From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Jul 26 11:22:40 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id LAA13606 for questions-outgoing; Fri, 26 Jul 1996 11:22:40 -0700 (PDT) Received: from garion.hq.ferg.com (pm1-15.wmbg.widomaker.com [204.17.220.115]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with SMTP id LAA13600 for ; Fri, 26 Jul 1996 11:22:36 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost.hq.ferg.com (localhost.hq.ferg.com [127.0.0.1]) by garion.hq.ferg.com (8.6.12/8.6.12) with SMTP id OAA20084; Fri, 26 Jul 1996 14:23:03 -0400 Message-Id: <199607261823.OAA20084@garion.hq.ferg.com> X-Authentication-Warning: garion.hq.ferg.com: Host localhost.hq.ferg.com didn't use HELO protocol From: Branson Matheson To: Thomas Bennett cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: How to setup NIS? In-reply-to: Your message of "Fri, 26 Jul 1996 14:03:57 EDT." <9607261803.AA14243@anvil> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Fri, 26 Jul 1996 14:23:01 -0400 Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk -------- Thomas Bennett uttered with conviction: > I am having some trouble setting up NIS on a FreeBSD 2.1.0 system. > I cannot find any documentation on how to setup up NI S. I looked > in the FAQ and the handbook. > > This is what I have done: > > 1. I set nis_clientflags to the following in my /etc/ sysconfig > file: > > nis_clientflags="-s" Uhhh.. I gotta ask the obvious here... did you set the: # Set to the NIS domainname of your host, or NO if none defaultdomainname=ferguson to your domain? also is it binding to your server? if not try ypset to do that. -branson ============================================================================= Branson Matheson | Ferguson Enterprises | If Pete and Repeat were System Administrator | W: (804) 874-7795 | sittin on a fence and Pete Unix, Perl, WWW | branson@widomaker.com | fell off, who is left?